Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

I tried to install this and it froze and wouldn't close so I restarted the computer. Now when i try to install it or install anything else for that matter it won't let me it says only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time. Nothing else is open but this.

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

Originally Posted by onion221

I tried to install this and it froze and wouldn't close so I restarted the computer. Now when i try to install it or install anything else for that matter it won't let me it says only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time. Nothing else is open but this.

I would try aptitude or apt-get which are more verbose.
To install the prerequisites manually which are listed on the first page:

Code:

aptitude install <prerequisites packages>

Then a simple

Code:

dpkg -i ./iplist-<version>_<arch>.deb

would install the package.

On Fedora you can use yum, which install the prerequisites automatically:

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

Sorry tried this but it locks up, tells me ipchains exist, I cant connect to anything and I cant shut down the gui. done everything suggested here.
back to Moblock

Philj

Ross Anderson, Professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, said; "The message has to be this: If you care about your privacy, do not use BT, Virgin or TalkTalk as your Internet provider"

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

This might be caused by double-clicking the enable-button. The message shows that IPblock was already running. You can stop it with "sudo ipblock -d", so that the error message disappears.

Nope, I am not double clicking... When I use "sudo ipblock -d" it tells me that there aren't any instances running (er, something along those lines, I forget the exact message) ...
I also noticed something else odd, when I click the "Enable" button it turns to "Disable" but the text header still reads "ipblock is Disabled" ???
See screenshots:BEFORE

AFTER

Weird

Originally Posted by uljanow

Did you see blocked IPs in the log window ? Maybe your ISP or DNS-server is in the lists.

Nope nothing is showing in the GUI, I even disabled HTTP blocking and that didn't fix it

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

Originally Posted by B/-\ssKozz

Nope, I am not double clicking... When I use "sudo ipblock -d" it tells me that there aren't any instances running (er, something along those lines, I forget the exact message) ...
I also noticed something else odd, when I click the "Enable" button it turns to "Disable" but the text header still reads "ipblock is Disabled" ???

Weird

Nope nothing is showing in the GUI, I even disabled HTTP blocking and that didn't fix it

This looks like a bug in the GUI. Can you start it on the command-line ?

Re: HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

Originally Posted by B/-\ssKozz

But now how do I know if it's working? and How can I see what gets blocked, etc... ?

The output you've posted shows that it's working (iplist daemon is running, iptables rules are set). The logfile is /tmp/ipblock.log. Entries with "match=" are blocked IPs. You can still use the GUI to configure IPblock. I'll release a bugfixed Version 0.15.2 soon.